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No. 242,071. Patented May 24, |881.

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proved Ash-Sifter, ot' which the following is a 1o closed by a balanced gate, through which chute box, from where they can be removed through 2o saine, showing parts broken out to show the which is closed by a downward-swinging gate,

3o wire G, and keeps the gate closed; or the gate 35 middle of the saine, and a grating, L, made of 4o short distance from the same.

UNITED STATES CHARLES H. STARIN, OF BROOKLYN,

PATENT OFFICE.

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE W. CHAUNCEY AND JOHN C. HARVEY, BOTH OF SAME PLACE. l

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,071, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed April 1, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. STARIN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Imfull, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a box with an inclined top provided at the lower end with a hinged door, and at the upper end with a chute the ashes are dropped upon an inclined sieve or grating, down which they slide, the ashes dropping into a box-below the sieve and the cinders accumulating in the lower end ot' the the above-mentioned hinged door.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation ot' my iinproved aslrsifter.- Fig. 2 is 'a plan View of the grating.

The box A is provided with an inclined top, B, provided at the lower endwith a hinged doorC, and at the upper end with a chute, D,

E, which rests against a shoulder, F, of the inner sides of the chute. A heilt wire, G, is attached to the inner end ot' this gate E, and a weight, H, is attached to the outer end of this may be balanced in some other suitable mauner. Y

A transverse partition, J, rests on the iioor K of the box a short distance in front of thev parallel bars M, or a sieve of Wire-netting, rests on the top oi' the partition J and against the .ear wall, N, ofthe box, in such a manner that it will be parallel with the top B, and will be (No model.)

A box, O, is passed into the box A through an opening, P, in the rear wall, N, of the same, so that it will be below the grating L, the rear end of this box fitting closely in the opening P.

The box A is provided with bail R, for transporting it.

The operation is as follows: The ashes are passed into the chute D, and their weight depresscs the gate E, permitting them to drop upon the grating L, down which they slide. The ashes drop through the interstices between the bars M into the box O, and the cinders slide down the grating and accumulate in the lower part of the box, and can be removed through the door C. The ash-box O can be drawn ont of the box to remove the ashes. As the gate E is closed automatically bythe weight H as soon as ashes have passed, the dust will -all be confined in the box A.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 1n an ash-sitter, the combination of abox having hinged door C at the lower end of iucline B, and the chute D at the upper end, the balanced gate E, the grating L, supported on transverse partition J, and the sliding box or drawer O,substan ti all yas shown and described.

2. ln an ash-sitter, the combination, with the chute D, through which the ashes and cinders are passed, ofthe hinged gate E, the bent wire G, and the weight H, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES H. STARIN. 

